Official F1/Motorsport thread

[Alastair]

ITV4 now for BTCC, real prime slot, well done ITV.

[CMcK]

I was sure I typed ITV4 last night.

At least the BTCC is more widely available now than when it was on Setanta.

[Fuddle]

why on earth do i have the marathon on three (THREE!) channels, and no motorbikes?

are we not going to see the 250 race.

[rickt]

eurosport the best channel for moto GP, 125 & 250 coverage

[Alastair]

OH MY GOD






F1 so needs to go in this direction.

But not this direction:


Stupid little wings on top of the nose are not cool, OK.

[Malc]

I cant see anything new in the first two pics?

EDIT: the slicks I see, for '09 right?

[Alastair]

Yeah, and the lack of horrific aero addendum's on The McL. Look at the super skinny rear wing! It looks like a proper race car again. They just need to ban those damn wheel covers now and all will be good with the world

[VR46]

Just noticed the Ferrari only has one wing mirror, illegal weight saving surely

[Malc]

Will the tyre's be less grippy with the slicks then? As I know karts have the simple slick tyre.

[cutmymilk]

No, they will have more grip and be faster

[Paulos G]

They just need to ban those damn wheel covers now and all will be good with the world

I think that's happening, isn't it?

[adam_the_browndog]

anyone seen the 'Shark Fins'?

on the red bulls, torros and renaults

[Roddie]

Just noticed the Ferrari only has one wing mirror, illegal weight saving surely

Actually, I think it's just out of shot. Could be wrong, but I seem to remember that Ferrari have those wing mirrors that are quite far away from the drivers. Interesting idea though.

I think that's happening, isn't it? [wheel covers]

From what I've read, it's the wheel warmers that are rumoured to be getting the chop (and most of the drivers seem none too happy), haven't heard anything about the ugly wheel covers. If we're talking about the same thing, then I'd love to see them gone as wheel. I find the Ferrari ones especially ugly, it just looks like the wheels are stuck.

[Paulos G]

Ah. Warmers not covers! Cheers Roddie.

[Eps]

I really like where the wing mirrors are on the Ferrari - minimising their effect on aerodynamics but still allowing the driver to use them if necessary.